Gene Smith wrote, On 02/10/2010 08:36 PM: > After starting system this evening I see no display. Can't get terminal using > alt-F* keys either. Only way to get in was via ssh. Below is the crash part of > Xorg.0.log. > > After upgrade last night it kept working OK but didn't reboot then. Actaully > upgrade to 4.4 several days with several intervening boots, until today... > > Not sure if this is KDE problem or just another radeon driver problem? > > : > : > (II) RADEON(0): Acceleration enabled > (==) RADEON(0): DPMS enabled > (==) RADEON(0): Silken mouse enabled > (II) RADEON(0): Set up textured video > Output CRT1 disable success > (II) RADEON(0): DIG0 transmitter: Coherent Mode enabled > Output DIG0 transmitter setup success > Blank CRTC 0 success > Disable CRTC memreq 0 success > Disable CRTC 0 success > Blank CRTC 1 success > Disable CRTC memreq 1 success > Disable CRTC 1 success > > Backtrace: > 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x49ecc8] > 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x61cf9) [0x461cf9] > 2: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x3b12a00000+0xf0f0) [0x3b12a0f0f0] > 3: /usr/bin/X (xf86GetPrimaryOutput+0x35) [0x4819a5] > 4: /usr/bin/X (xf86SetDesiredModes+0x8b) [0x483dbb] > 5: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f462205f000+0x46f2e) > [0x7f46220a5f2e] > 6: /usr/bin/X (AddScreen+0x1d4) [0x4278b4] > 7: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x7b4) [0x470164] > 8: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x21c5a) [0x421c5a] > 9: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x3b11e1eb1d] > 10: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x219a9) [0x4219a9] > Segmentation fault at address 0xa0 > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting I had two problems: 1. X crashing caused by having "nomodeset" as a kernel parameter. It was being setup by default so no idea why I now have to disable/remove it from grub.conf. Not sure what it does. Main difference I see is that on boot, with it removed I see a "teardrop" or "meatball" or something that eventually evolves into the fedora "f" inside it. With nomodeset present, I see multiple overlapping bars at the bottom of the screen that grow from left to right during boot. 2. With "nomodeset" removed, X runs but could only run gnome. KDE was just the mouse cursor on a black screen. This is apparently fixed by the soprano update today as mentioned in a later thread and bugzilla report. Hopefully, thing will keep running OK. Before this problem, was seeing lot of good stuff *working right* in KDE 4.4 -gene
